The Life and Death of Carolina Maria de Jesus

By José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy, Robert M. Levine, José Carlos Sebe Bom Meihy

Book Overview

Robert Levine tells the story of Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), Brazilian, Black, illegitimate, extremely poor, and Brazil's best-selling author upon the publication of her journals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826316484
• ISBN13: 9780826316486
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Unm Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating portrait of an African-Brazilian woman writer

This is a marvelous study not only of a poignant African-Brazilian woman persecuted for daring to state her beliefs, but one that reveals the different ways that American (Levine) and Brazilian (Meihy) scholars perceive the problems of race in society. A must read for anyone interested in Latin American society or the history of women or of blacks in the hemisphere.